There is really a lot of hype going on right now in the intersecting worlds of artificial intelligence and robotics. And a lot of is just hype and exaggeration.
One common myth is that robots are taking jobs away from people. In truth, robots and automation free up workers to do more productive tasks. The truth of this can be seen in job statistics – unemployment in the US is at a 20-year low, despite massive improvements in factory automation. The fact is that the improved productivity of robotics creates more jobs than it removes (source: The Financial Review, November 11, 2016. https://www.afr.com/business/robots-not-taking-jobs-economist-busts-automation-myths-20161110-gsmo3j)
I’m not here to say that individuals are not losing manufacturing jobs, but I do say that the overall level of employment has increased, not gone...
